TitanTn
Active Member
- Jul 12, 2015
- 386
- Boat Info
- 1986 Saltare, 1998 400 Express
- Engines
- 454 direct drive; twin 3116TA
I have a 1998 400 Express with the factory Norcold fridge. I don't have the exact model number yet. I know several people will give me an answer of "get a new fridge! Vitrifrigo and others. I might be headed there, but I want to identify my exact problem before I just go buy a new fridge.
The fridge is working on both AC and DC - not sure that it's super cold, but I haven't run it long enough to know for sure. The issue is that the fridge trips the shore power on my whole dock. When I'm running it on AC, it trips the power. When attempting DC, I can have the switch on the fridge itself turned off, but flipping on the DC refrigerator switch in the master panel it will trip the dock. I don't even have to turn on the dial on the front of the fridge.
Our dock has a sensitive ground fault protection system. I can't run my fridge at the dock. It will run on battery power when I'm not connected and it will run off the generator.
Any ideas on what the issue might be?
The fridge is working on both AC and DC - not sure that it's super cold, but I haven't run it long enough to know for sure. The issue is that the fridge trips the shore power on my whole dock. When I'm running it on AC, it trips the power. When attempting DC, I can have the switch on the fridge itself turned off, but flipping on the DC refrigerator switch in the master panel it will trip the dock. I don't even have to turn on the dial on the front of the fridge.
Our dock has a sensitive ground fault protection system. I can't run my fridge at the dock. It will run on battery power when I'm not connected and it will run off the generator.
Any ideas on what the issue might be?